So this is my new addition to the fleet, a 2003 Audi S4...
This isnât a full detail as the car has been going into the garage to get an MOT, and next week is heading south for some fun stuff @ MRC tuning.... and with winter coming up as well, I donât really see the point of a full machine polish yet...
Detailing is a cruel mistress though, and I didnât want to be driving a dirty car about, plus with some new additions to play with, I decided to give the paint a tickle and get some protection down to help out...
For some reason, I have no before pictures either... odd... so I start with a picture of my Wolfs decon gel cleaning up the wheels... my new discs and pads are bedding in nicely! :lol: :wall:
As always, I spray this on the wheels at the very start, and leave it to work while I get the rest of my kit out and ready to use...
After this, time to snow foam, Iâm still using Chemical Guys No touch, works very well and has a nice consistency to it..
As this was dwelling, I went around the car as usual with some AS G101 and a brush to take care of the finer areas, and things like this:
The car was then given another foaming and washed using the 2BM with AF Lather as the shampoo...
Here is a picture of my current buckets and wheel cleaner, I don't have the fancy stuff!
I know I donât have the most expensive water carriers in the world, or sheep on a stick, but I do try my best
But as always, each to their own... I waste my money in other areas and products! :lol:
After the car had been washed, it was time for my 3 step decontamination routine... the first 2 steps are chemically based: Tardis and Wolfâs decon on the bodywork...
The last stage â the manual one is using clay (Zaino) and some ONR as the lube... and readers can think what they want that I have had and used this clay for 2 years now... and used it on many cars....
No glory in dirty, wrecked clay after 1 use (IMO)... this has been put away again to be used again soon...I then sprayed the car with AS Tango and dried it off, leaving me with this:
A quick view of what Iâll be correcting... one day! :lol:
And some interior shots:
I brought the car inside to start the rest of the work... and to use some of my new goodies
The AD scratch out would be worked via my DA and megs polishing pad... I didnât really expect to get any major cut using this method on the hard German paint, but the product did get a few of the lighter swirls out and added some shine to the paint, so I was happy with the results...
The repel was chosen for the windows, and since I had the DA out, I switched over to a finishing pad, and applied it by spraying straight on the windows, then spreading it with the machine before leaving for 15 minutes and buffing off using AF crystal window cleaner...
I gave the windows 2 coats using this method...
Next up was the paint cleanser which was just worked by hand and wiped off 1 panel at a time...then.... it was my new wax â Definitive wax Number one....
Lovely wax, presented very well... smells great... and is very easy to use... again 1 panel at a time, worked in with their applicator, and buffed straight off.... no issues with removing this wax!
I gave the car 1 coat on Saturday, then left it overnight before giving it another layer today...
Some inside shots:
I went back to finish off some of the âdetailsâ... engine was cleaned with the tornador gun and Bio Brisk, then completed with AS finish...
The trim on the front/rear and lower doors, as well as the scuttle and wiper arms were all given a layer of CarPro Dlux
Tyres were given 2 coats of AS highstyle..
Interior was cleaned with the tornador gun as usual, plastics and leather was treated and protected with CarPro Perl..
Part 2 to follow...
This isnât a full detail as the car has been going into the garage to get an MOT, and next week is heading south for some fun stuff @ MRC tuning.... and with winter coming up as well, I donât really see the point of a full machine polish yet...
Detailing is a cruel mistress though, and I didnât want to be driving a dirty car about, plus with some new additions to play with, I decided to give the paint a tickle and get some protection down to help out...
For some reason, I have no before pictures either... odd... so I start with a picture of my Wolfs decon gel cleaning up the wheels... my new discs and pads are bedding in nicely! :lol: :wall:
As always, I spray this on the wheels at the very start, and leave it to work while I get the rest of my kit out and ready to use...
After this, time to snow foam, Iâm still using Chemical Guys No touch, works very well and has a nice consistency to it..
As this was dwelling, I went around the car as usual with some AS G101 and a brush to take care of the finer areas, and things like this:
The car was then given another foaming and washed using the 2BM with AF Lather as the shampoo...
Here is a picture of my current buckets and wheel cleaner, I don't have the fancy stuff!
I know I donât have the most expensive water carriers in the world, or sheep on a stick, but I do try my best
But as always, each to their own... I waste my money in other areas and products! :lol:
After the car had been washed, it was time for my 3 step decontamination routine... the first 2 steps are chemically based: Tardis and Wolfâs decon on the bodywork...
The last stage â the manual one is using clay (Zaino) and some ONR as the lube... and readers can think what they want that I have had and used this clay for 2 years now... and used it on many cars....
No glory in dirty, wrecked clay after 1 use (IMO)... this has been put away again to be used again soon...I then sprayed the car with AS Tango and dried it off, leaving me with this:
A quick view of what Iâll be correcting... one day! :lol:
And some interior shots:
I brought the car inside to start the rest of the work... and to use some of my new goodies
The AD scratch out would be worked via my DA and megs polishing pad... I didnât really expect to get any major cut using this method on the hard German paint, but the product did get a few of the lighter swirls out and added some shine to the paint, so I was happy with the results...
The repel was chosen for the windows, and since I had the DA out, I switched over to a finishing pad, and applied it by spraying straight on the windows, then spreading it with the machine before leaving for 15 minutes and buffing off using AF crystal window cleaner...
I gave the windows 2 coats using this method...
Next up was the paint cleanser which was just worked by hand and wiped off 1 panel at a time...then.... it was my new wax â Definitive wax Number one....
Lovely wax, presented very well... smells great... and is very easy to use... again 1 panel at a time, worked in with their applicator, and buffed straight off.... no issues with removing this wax!
I gave the car 1 coat on Saturday, then left it overnight before giving it another layer today...
Some inside shots:
I went back to finish off some of the âdetailsâ... engine was cleaned with the tornador gun and Bio Brisk, then completed with AS finish...
The trim on the front/rear and lower doors, as well as the scuttle and wiper arms were all given a layer of CarPro Dlux
Tyres were given 2 coats of AS highstyle..
Interior was cleaned with the tornador gun as usual, plastics and leather was treated and protected with CarPro Perl..
Part 2 to follow...
